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E3 2018: From Console Consolidation to A-List Partnerships, 3 Big Takeaways

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  1. Great Job, Internet!: Some Nintendo fans think Papa John’s is teasing a new game console
  2. ‘Cars 3’ Console Video Game in Works From Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  3. Nintendo to Bring Back Iconic $60 NES Classic Edition Console in 2018
  4. 9 Takeaways From CES 2018, From Robots to “The Blackout”

David and Lauren Hogg Recall Parkland Shooting: ‘No Actor Could Ever Portray That Sort of Trauma’

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. David Hogg and His Sister Lauren Score a Book Deal
  2. Parkland Survivor David Hogg Calls for Boycott of Gunmaker Investors BlackRock, Vanguard Group
  3. Jimmy Fallon Talks Parkland Mass Shooting With Survivors David And Lauren Hogg
  4. Florida Shooting Survivor David Hogg Strikes Back at Right-Wing Trolls: ‘I Am Not a Crisis Actor’

Katie Couric & Queen Latifah Team Up With Brands To Bolster Female Storytellers – Cannes Lions

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Lifetime Sets Premiere Date For ‘You’ And ‘The Bad Seed,’ Signs Production Deals With Queen Latifah, Toni Braxton
  2. Fox Developing Modern-Day Bible Drama From Holly Carter & Queen Latifah
  3. Queen Latifah & Snoop Dogg To Host ‘Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution’ On Fox
  4. Queen Latifah’s Car Stolen at Gas Station in Georgia

Watch Homeland Security Chief Get Chased Out of Mexican Restaurant by Protesters (Video)

What Others Are Saying:

  1. Stephen Colbert Rips White House, Homeland Security for Border Policy
  2. DHS Chief Driven From Mexican Eatery After Hard Day Enforcing Donald Trump Baby-Snatch Border Policy
  3. Watch Milo Yiannopoulos Get Chased Out of NYC Bar by Protesters: ‘Nazi Scum Get Out’ (Video)
  4. Donald Trump Applies Tourniquet To Homeland Security Secretary’s Self Inflicted “Good News” Wound

U.S. Remains Largest Export Market For British TV With Sales Of $441M

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. U.S. Trade Rep Finds Movie Piracy Remains “Rampant” Around The World
  2. At 80, British master Ken Loach remains a stalwart voice for the downtrodden with social drama ‘I, Daniel Blake’
  3. ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2″ Remains Atop Disc Sales Charts
  4. British Fantasy TV Project ‘Woodland’ Wins Visionary Award at Rome’s Mia Market

BBC Introduces NFL’s Rooney Rule As It Aims To Increase BAME Representation

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. New Report Calls On TV Industry To Adopt NFL’s “Rooney Rule” To Address Exclusion Of Black Writers & Showrunners
  2. Seed&Spark Announces Bold Initiative to Increase Representation and Inclusion In Entertainment
  3. Studios & Networks Rebuff DGA Diversity Push For “Rooney Rule”
  4. WGA West Election: “Rooney Rule” Proposed As Diversity Takes Center Stage

Kimmel Calls Out Trump for ‘BS’ Immigration Rhetoric: ‘When Did Donald Trump Start Caring About Laws?’

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Donald Trump Claim Dems Forcing Baby-Snatching Border Policy On Him
  2. Stephen Colbert: “Potent Tool” Stephen Miller Calls Baby-Snatching Immigration Policy A Potent Tool
  3. Seth Meyers: Donald Trump Gaslighting America With Claims His Baby Snatching Immigration Policy Is Democrats’ Doing
  4. Jimmy Kimmel Calls Melania Trump a ‘Slovenian Captive’ in White House (Video)

Avalon COO Tim Robinson Leaves ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Producer

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. ‘Last Week Tonight’ Producer Avalon Scores Fake News Comedy For Sky
  2. Director-Producer Julie Anne Robinson Inks Overall Deal With Universal TV
  3. John Oliver Takes Responsibility For Donald Trump Candidacy On ‘Last Week Tonight’
  4. John Oliver On ‘Last Week Tonight’s’ 5th Season, His Dustin Hoffman Dust-Up And Whether He Is A Journalist

Endemol Shine Group Calls In Banks To Explore Sale

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Charlie Corwin Out at Endemol Shine North America, Cris Abrego Becomes Solo CEO (EXCLUSIVE)
  2. Chinese SVOD Service Youku To Develop Original Series With Endemol Shine – Mip TV
  3. Endemol Shine Brings in Banks to Evaluate Possible Sale
  4. BBC Developing Entertainment Competition Format ‘First And Last’ From Endemol Shine’s Zeppotron

Colbert: It’s ‘Optimistic’ to Think U.S. Will Still Have History Books After Trump Era (Video)

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  1. Stephen Colbert Was Extra Baffled By Trump on Wednesday: ‘He’s Coming For Your Guns!’ (Video)
  2. Colbert: Even the White House Itself Has Been ‘Demoralized’ By Trump (Video)
  3. Colbert: Stakes for Trump’s Summit With Kim Jong-Un ‘Are Almost as High as Trump and Kim’s Cholesterol’ (Video)
  4. Colbert: Trump’s ‘Child Prisons’ Are ‘Just Another Scoop From Your Chum Bucket of Cruelty’ (Video)

Endemol Shine Brings in Banks to Evaluate Possible Sale

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Chinese SVOD Service Youku To Develop Original Series With Endemol Shine – Mip TV
  2. Endemol Shine North America & Mexico’s Boomdog Combine Spanish-Language Businesses
  3. BBC Developing Entertainment Competition Format ‘First And Last’ From Endemol Shine’s Zeppotron
  4. Endemol Shine North America Brings In DJ Nurre As Head of Unscripted, Promotes Duo

‘Vanity Fair’ Trailer: First-Look At ITV & Amazon’s Adaptation Of The Classic Napoleonic Novel

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. ‘Vanity Fair’: Suranne Jones, Michael Palin Join Olivia Cooke In ITV/Amazon Drama
  2. ITV, Amazon Team Up on New ‘Vanity Fair’ Adaptation With Olivia Cooke
  3. Olivia Cooke To Star In ‘Vanity Fair’ Adaptation For ITV, Amazon Studios
  4. Tom Bateman Joins Olivia Cooke in ITV, Amazon’s ‘Vanity Fair’ Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)

The BBC Lines Up Quirky Saturday Night Quiz Format ‘The Time It Takes’ With ‘Taskmaster’ Star Joe Lycett

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  1. ‘Taskmaster’ Bumper Order; Pro7 CEO; London LGBTQ+ Film Festival – Global Briefs
  2. BBC Backs Bansky Doc; Sundance London; BBC One Lines Up Saturday Night Format – Global Briefs
  3. BBC America To Launch British Music Format ‘Sounds Like Friday Night’
  4. BBC Developing Saturday Night Dance Format With Tim Hincks’ & Peter Fincham’s Expectation

‘Perfect Strangers’ Director Paolo Genovese Set for U.S. Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. TWC Acquires Remake Rights To Italian Comedy ‘Perfect Strangers’
  2. Movie Deal For Oscar Shortlisted Kitty Genovese Doc ‘The Witness’
  3. ‘The Witness’: The Real Story About The Murder Of Kitty Genovese & The 38 Who Watched In Silence
  4. Weinstein Company to Remake Italian Comedy ‘Perfect Strangers’

Rachel Maddow Breaks Down Over Babies Being Held in ‘Tender Age’ Shelters (Video)

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Rachel Maddow Breaks Down During Report On “Tender Age” Shelters For Immigrant Babies
  2. Rachel Maddow: “We’ve Got Trump Tax Returns”
  3. Rachel Maddow Admits No ‘Damning Bombshell’ Came From Trump’s Tax Return (Video)
  4. Rachel Maddow Tells Stephen Colbert That Republicans Will ‘Do The Right Thing’ (Video)

‘One Day at a Time,’ ‘Vida’ Teams Challenge Other Series to Donate to End Border Separation

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Trump Meets With GOP Lawmakers as Outrage Over Family Separation Policy Grows
  2. Starz Sets Cast For ‘Vida’ Drama Series: Mishel Prada, Karen Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon Among Regulars
  3. TV Anchors Fight to Stay Objective in Coverage of Family Separation at Border
  4. ‘It’s Inhumane’: Hollywood Protests Separation of Children From Parents at U.S. Border

Kristen Wiig Will No Longer Star in Apple Comedy After ‘Wonder Woman 2’ Scheduling Conflict

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Kristen Wiig Confirmed For ‘Wonder Woman’ Sequel Villain Cheetah: Patty Jenkins Tweets “So Excited”
  2. Kristen Wiig Being Lassoed For Villain Role On ‘Wonder Woman 2’
  3. Kristen Wiig No Longer Attached To Apple Comedy Series As Project Eyes Recasting
  4. Kristen Wiig to Star in Apple Comedy Series From Reese Witherspoon (Exclusive)

Sumner Redstone’s Ex-Fiancee Settles Lurid Elder Abuse Lawsuit

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Sumner Redstone Gave Millions to Numerous Mistresses, Ex-Girlfriend Alleges
  2. Sumner Redstone Sues Two Ex-Companions for $150 Million
  3. Billionaire Sumner Redstone sues ex-girlfriends, alleging elder abuse and a scheme to take his money
  4. Sumner Redstone’s Ex-Girlfriend Fights With Nurse For Access to Secret Tapes

Corey Lewandowski Mocks Story of Girl with Down Syndrome Separated from Mother

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What Others Are Saying:

  1. Corey Lewandowski Responds With ‘Womp, Womp’ to Story About Girl With Down Syndrome Separated From Her Mother (Video)
  2. Hollywood Slams Corey Lewandowski After He Dismissed Girl With Down Syndrome Separated From Her Mother
  3. Dems Pounce On Corey Lewandowski Mocking Down Syndrome Child In Fox News Channel Debate On Border Policy
  4. Corey Lewandowski Out At CNN; Late-Night Jokes To Follow